Hope, faith strong for mother of conjoined Texas twins

September 3, 2014 5:21 AM

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HOUSTON — Conjoined twins will be separated in a delicate and risky surgical procedure later this year at Texas Children's Hospital. But surgeons anticipate excellent results, and a Texas mom says her hope and faith in a positive outcome grows every day.

Elysse Mata from Lubbock remembers the exact day she learned her pregnancy was not proceeding as expected — Jan. 13. She was 19 weeks pregnant. She went to her doctor for the ultrasound procedure that would tell her the gender of her baby. The ultrasound technician looked puzzled, left the room, and...